Community ownership of assets has a deep-rooted and long-standing tradition, but has not yet fully addressed the needs of marginalised and disadvantaged groups.
Through the course of this research there was a lack of available data to support a review of community ownership by ethnic minority organisations. Without the collection of equalities data, fully understanding the pattern of community ownership of land and buildings is impossible. This issue has been recognised more broadly by the Scottish Government through its Equality Data Improvement Programme and updated Equality Evidence Strategy.85 The capture and reporting of equality data across the routes and support to ownership highlighted within this research would enable further research to fully elucidate the levels of engagement with community ownership from ethnic minority groups and diverse communities.